A commercial or industrial building may contain certain safety and essential systems to help ensure the building is safe and healthy for people to enter, work in and occupy. These systems are called specified systems.

If your project has specified systems, or you're amending an existing specified system, you must supply the relevant information on our Specified system information form [DOCX, 105 KB]. Please ensure you reference our guidance document [DOCX, 1760 KB] when completing this form.

Specified systems can include

  • automatic systems for fire suppression
  • automatic or manual emergency warning systems for fire or other dangers
  • electromagnetic or automatic doors or windows
  • emergency lighting systems
  • escape route pressurisation systems
  • riser mains for use by fire services
  • automatic back-flow preventers connected to a potable water supply
  • lifts, escalators, travellators, or other systems for moving people or goods within buildings
  • mechanical ventilation or air conditioning systems
  • building maintenance units providing access to exterior and interior walls of buildings
  • laboratory fume cupboards
  • audio loops or other assistive listening systems
  • smoke control systems
  • systems for communication spoken information intended to facilitate evacuation
  • final exits
  • fire separations
  • signs for communication information intended to facilitate evacuation
  • smoke separations
  • cable cars
  • emergency power systems for, or signs relating to, a system or feature specified for any of the above.

A compliance schedule will also be issued for a dwelling that contains or is serviced by a cable car.

It is the building owner’s responsibility to ensure the installed specified systems continue to operate as intended when they were installed. For more information on specified systems see owners' responsibilities to ensure their buildings are safe to use.